“Ladies, this needs to stop,”I firmly chided,“you are on the same side.”
“The last time she took over, she mated with you!” Natalia growled out loud, and both André and Dante raised an eyebrow at me.
“With my wolf,” I clarified.
“What a shame. I got all excited.”
“Me too. I thought we were finally about to get freaky.”
Both André and Dante mocked, making me roll my eyes.
“Is not funny!” Natalia snapped at them. “Why can she have you and I can’t?!” Her eyes widened when she realized what she had said. “That’s not what I meant. I?—”
It was too late, the tension had already captured us all, even our other mates.
Seeing her cross her arms over her chest to protect herself from her sudden burst of vulnerability, I stepped closer to her, reaching for her chin and lifting it so she could hold my gaze. My lips stretched into an appreciative smile while my eyes roamed her face.
I took her all in while my thumb rested on her jaw, my fingertips stroking the curve of her neck as it instinctively stretched to give me access. The sound of her pulse racing with my nearness became a song to my ears.
Leaning in, I bypassed her mouth and placed a kiss on the edge of her jaw, below her ear. “I’m already yours…”
My whispered confession made the little hairs on her neck stand on end against my lips, and a slight shudder rocked her body.
Satisfaction like I’d never felt stirred in me, and I knew that no matter where life took us, I’d never be anything else—not the Beast, not the Prince, the Wolf, or the next Iron King…
I was simply hers.
Need made my chest tingle with the ravenous need to claim her mouth, and when her lips parted under my gaze, I knew she wanted the same. I tilted my head just as a blue gleam suddenly crossed her eyes, and the next instant, my back slammed against the ground.
“I’m going to fucking kill you!”Natalia roared as Starlight landed on me.
“Mate!”Her tail excitedly wiggled behind her while she licked my face.
The guys chuckled.
Gripping the sides of her face, my fingers sank into her beautiful snowy fur while I tried not to laugh. She could not do this.
“Starlight, this is not okay,” I reprimanded with a growl, making her step off me.
“But she wasn’t going to let me out!”
“The two of you have to find a way to respect each other, and you forcing her to do what you want doesn’t help.”
Starlight shook her head while I stood, she didn’t want to hear about it.
Huffing at me, she turned and jumped on André, licking his face too. Luckily, he’d seen her coming, so he was able to hold her weight and not get tackled like I did.
“Woah, gentle…” He caressed her sides while she licked his neck, trying to bite him. “You already claimed me, remember? You bit me.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“Hey there, gorgeous.”
With Dante’s greeting, she turned to him. His arms opened wide to receive her, probably looking forward to her licking, but she pushed him around instead, smelling his ass.
“Mine!”
“Well, I’m glad I showered this morning.”
